Ska’yaa
Jorge Díaz Sánchez
Sergio arrived to the Oaxaca highlands and created a project for indigenous kids to discover their own capacity to dreams through basketball. Through studying, effort, and will power they struggle to break the cycle of poverty around them and defeat their most powerful rival: hunger.
Director, producer
In 2002 entered the MA in Film Studies at the University of Guadalajara. In 2002 became part of the film production company Kinesis Film House (KFH). Since 2012 co-funded Antropo Film House and directed three feature documentary´s, Entitled to sail, Within our reach and Ska’yaa. His current project is the documentary Consuming towards the abyss as director and screenwriter.
Filmography:
Ska'yaa (2021) Documentary - director, productor
Within our Reach (2019) Documentary - director
Entailed to Sail (2016) Documentary - director, productor
Anchored (2014) Cortometraje Documental - director, productor
The last bolero (2011) Documentary - productor
– BlackStar Film Festival 2021 – Offical Selection (USA)
– Seattle Latino Film Festival 2021 – Feature Documentary Selection (USA)
– DocsMX 2021 – Doctubre (México)
– Amazing Shorts! Film Festival and Movies 2022 – Best Editing (Spain)
– San Diego Latino Film Festival 2022 – Mexico Today Showcase (USA)
– Oklahoma Cine Latino Film Festival – Best Feature Documentary, Best Editing (USA)
– DocJalisco – Audience Award (México)
- Original title Ska´yaa
- Director Jorge Díaz Sánchez
- Duration 88 and 56
- Production year 2021
- Aspect 16:9 letterbox
- Format 4K
- Category Feature Film
- Subcategory Documentary
- Nationality Mexico
- Producer Antropo Film House
- Dialogue language Spanish
- Subtitle language Spanish, English